| Main Entry: | gentry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobility |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, high society, upper class |
| Main Entry: | aristocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
Synonyms: |
elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commoners, plebites, proletariat |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beautiful people, best, blue blood, carriage trade, celebrity, choice, country club set, cream, crowd, crème de la crème, elect, establishment, fast lane, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, nobility, old money, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commonality, low-life, lower class, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, courtliness, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentle birth, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding, good family, good manners, high birth, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, ruling class, society, upper class, upper crust, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
Synonyms: |
dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper class of people |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, country set, elite, flower*, gentry, glitterati, haut monde, high society, jet set, main line, patriciate, polite society, quality, smart set, top drawer, upper crust, who's who |
| Main Entry: | haut monde |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high society |
Synonyms: |
Four Hundred, Social Register, bon ton, gentry |
| Main Entry: | second estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class below nobility |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, better sort, cream, elite, gentry, patriciate, privileged, ruling class, upper class, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | upper class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cream of society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, better sort, cream, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, gentry, haut monde, high life, high society, jet set, privileged, privileged class, second estate, smart set, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | crème de la crème |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beautiful people, blue blood, elite, four hundred, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, jet set, nobility, upper class, who's who |